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Subject: Re: A surprised weakness of Shredder 9 (Endgame) !

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 07:09:45 11/16/05

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On November 16, 2005 at 07:33:55, Ernst Walet wrote:

>You're running on ancient hardware.

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I personally think that slow computers are better suited to compare engines. On
my (much too fast!) P4-2.8 machine several engines sometimes solve a problem in
0 seconds each. On my P3-733 machine one engine needs 2 seconds, one needs 3
seconds, etc. An even slower computer would give a more accurate comparison.

When it comes to finding out if an engine is capable of finding the correct move
at all, the faster the machine is the better. After 5 minutes on a slow machine
I might lose patience and abandon an analysis. In Eduard's example Shredder is
capable of making a correct analysis, but is not as fast in doing so as Toga.
Ernst's faster computer is better suited to show this.



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